Mars Odyssey Mission THEMIS: Feature Image: Summer in the South

Vital Statistics
Location: -79.6N, 59.1E	Released: 2005-10-06
Image Size: 17.4 x 62.0 km, 1024 x 3648 px
Resolution: 17m	Instrument: VIS

Image Credit: NASA/JPL/ASU

Image Context:
Context image for 20051006a

Wide Context:
Wide context image for 20051006a

Context image credit: NASA/JPL/MOLA
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This VIS image shows a small area just off the margin of the southern polar cap. During winter this region is completely covered by frost. Taken during the middle of summer, this image illlustrates the surface markings that appear as the frost and ice sublimate from different portions of the surface.